Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata

3 Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Xylocopa aeratus	15 Oct 2018	michael.batley
	Xylocopa aeratus	15 Oct 2018	TimL

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ANBG Section 112 Rutacea. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of these male GCBs high up in this bush. They were difficult to see as they were mixed in with many honey bees. Two male GCBs were present at the same time over a 5 minute period and stayed well separated from each other. These images are of one of this first pair. Another male appeared 22 minutes after the first pair left and was only present for a couple of minutes. (Possibly one of the first pair returning?) No more sightings were made during the 20 minutes after the third GCB left.

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michael.batley wrote:

16 Oct 2018

Watch for males patrolling above chosen landmarks. Their flight is quite noisy and they will dive down to chase anything that appears to fly through their territory (including pebbles thrown into the air).

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Location information

Coordinates 149.109701 -35.274214
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

3 Abundance
15 Oct 2018 12:45 PM Recorded on
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Featured ACT Most Wanted! Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta Associated plant
Male Gender

Species information

Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata Scientific name
Golden-Green Carpenter Bee Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 781.8m Recorded at altitude
300 images trained Machine learning
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